Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

2015-01-21 19:21 GMT+02:00 Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com>: > "Kristopher" wrote in message > news:CAF9U7z_BLDusnq7c0mVToxyJpqOpa+ > tmATgqrb7YQeips11fxQ@mail.gmail.com... > >> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> You are totally missing the point. It is the principle of having to spent >>> unknown quantities of time in refactoring my code for nothing more than a >>> frivolous and unnecessary break in BC. It does not fi a bug or a security >>> issue, therefore it is frivolous and unnecessary >>> >>> >>> Yet you seem to have no problem wasting loads of time arguing about it >> on >> the internet. >> > > Because I would rather fight for valid principles than give in. To quote > Emiliano Zapata "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees". > > > -- > Tony Marston > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > By this time, you could have opened your project/projects in any Regex search and replace capable editor/IDE, wrote a pattern that matches class name with a method name same as class name and replaces it with __construct. Takes about 5-10 minutes for the first project to get it right, ensures forward compatibility since 5.0.0 and saves your employer all those hours that you just spend arguing. Or just write a PHP script that does the same - even easier and faster...